Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.

..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup.

When I reach for my pen, nothing is out of reach.

Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write.

My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty.

Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.

Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book.

Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.

Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree.

Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.

Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesn’t build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby.

What could be more encouraging than realizing that Jesus calls the unqualified?

What is death if not these words that I say

He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, Howling in outer darkness.

And then the last album, "Get It", was done over a shorter period of time and I started using other musicians, as opposed to playing all the instruments myself like I did on the other two.

Toleration is often just indifference in disguise.

Donald Trump said women should be punished, that there should be some form of punishment for women who obtain abortions. And I could just not be more opposed to that kind of thinking.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

Google understood that if you're just a search engine, people assume you're a very, very good search engine.

The more you read, the better you're going to become as a storyteller.

I learned to practice smiling when I'm feeling sad, you know?